Russia deployed a battalion of the Bal missile system to the Bryansk region.
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The Kyiv City State Administration reported that, according to the information of the General Staff, the presence of this missile system at the northeastern borders of the division of this missile system increases the risk of missile attacks on Kyiv.
The Bal coastal mobile missile system has four self-propelled launchers, each carrying 8 missiles, with a total salvo of 32 missiles. The complex is armed with the Kh-35 missile.
Features of the Kh-35 rocket:
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ultra-low flight altitude – less than 15 m;
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speed – about 1000 km / h;
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warhead weight 145 kg
Because of this, the threat of X-35 missile strikes has increased, which can reach the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkassy, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
They have an increased range, but are smaller in size, so they are more difficult to detect, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said on this occasion.
We cannot know exactly what the range of destruction is. Well, there are probably 260 km. This is enough to achieve certain objects with which they want to hit Ukraine from the Bryansk region. The missile of this complex has a warhead of up to 150 kg. If compared with the X-101 or Caliber, then there is 400-450 kg.
The missile itself is smaller, which is more dangerous, because it is harder to detect, because its scattering area (effective reflected surface) is smaller. In addition, the rocket is designed to fly over water, and in this way it is pressed lower to the ground, Ignat said.
He noted that the Russians had already used such missiles for attacks in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
However, the General Staff emphasizes that, despite the long-term missile strikes of the Russian Federation, our air defense forces are becoming stronger. In particular, by supplying modern weapons and military equipment.
Source: Racurs
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